ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,455, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Dentsply Sirona Inc. (York, Pa.).
"Dental laser for the treatment of soft tissue" was invented by Ralf Sutter (Weinheim, Germany), Bernd Oehme (Mainz, Germany) and Steffen Muller (Zwingenberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental laser comprises a hand piece having a grip region and a treatment tip with an outlet point, arranged at a distal end, for laser light, and further comprises a light source and light conduction means for providing laser light at the outlet point. The laser light has a wavelength of 445plus-minus20 nm, in particular, 445plus-minus10 nm and more particularly 44...